Blue Monkey Brewery Blubarb & Custard

Blubarb & Custard

 

Blue Monkey Brewery in Giltbrook, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.60
ABV: 4.8% IBU: - Ticks: 6
A complex refreshing summer beer brewed using fresh local rhubarb with the addition of vanilla. Starts with the creamy taste and aroma of vanilla custard, followed by a burst of Olicana hops and then the tart refreshing taste of British rhubarb!
 

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Mitchell’s Wines, Sheffield. Clear, pale amber. Ring and a few bubbles of white. Nose has rhubarb and custard sweets. Vanilla yoghurt. Some fairly bright, fruity hop. Some wheaty grain. Taste is sweet, with a decent tang of rhubarb like tartness. Light to medium body. Fine brisk carbonation. Short, tart finish. Enjoyed this. Not sure why they’re calling it a wheat beer, though. I mean it’s got wheat in it but...

Tried from Bottle on 05 Feb 2019 at 18:09


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6


Cask (handpump) @ #RHBCF2018 🧙‍🍻🇬🇧 [ The 11th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival (The 43th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival) ], The Motorpoint Arena, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.

[ As Blue Monkey Blubarb & Custard ].
ABV: 4.8%. Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, custard and rhubarb. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, sweet malt, fruity malt, custard, vanilla, light rhubarb. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20181020]
6-3-5-3-12

Tried from Cask on 23 Oct 2018 at 09:03



6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Wellington, Birmingham. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity, rhubarb and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 250717

Tried from Cask on 25 Jul 2017 at 18:21


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ Wellington, Bormingham. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rhubarb, fruits, flowers, berries, malt and hops.

Tried from Cask on 25 Jul 2017 at 18:17


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at the Blue Monkey Loughborough. Golden, slightly cloudy. Little bit of white head and a lot of lacing. Light aroma, some vanilla and orange peel. Sharp fruity hops add to the sweet creaminess in the taste to give a complex taste. Bittersweet finish with rhubarb and custard sweets (ah, there it is) showing up in the finish. Wasn’t sure at first, but I like the more with each sip.

Tried on 20 Jul 2017 at 10:38